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About Karen Thompson

Karen Thompson recently retired from Church Music Ministry and is currently a free-lance handbell composer and author. In the last year, Karen has had four of her compositions featured on the Hot 40 List (best sellers posted weekly) at handbellworld.com. Karen has held different positions nationally and regionally in the Handbell Musicians of America and currently serves as Past Chair of Area 9 (Texas and Oklahoma). Karen is the founding and current President of Concert Bells of Fort Worth, a semi-professional performing and recording ensemble and also teaches and conducts at handbell events nationally, regionally, and locally. Karen holds a B.A. with a music major from Austin College in Sherman, Texas and has a husband, Rick, and two grown daughters, Alice and Helen.